West
Bengal College and University Teachers' Association
traces its history since 1926 and is the oldest organisation of college
and university teachers in India. In 1926 India was still a single country
and Bengal, the area of which is now divided between the sovereign republic
of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, was an Indian province.
In 1926 the name of the association was All
Bengal College and University Teachers' Association.

The
new association attracted the cream of the intelligentsia of Bengal
which at that time was the educational and cultural capital of India.
The founder president of the association was Acharya P.C. Roy, a famous
scientist. He was succeded by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan ,who later on became
the President of India.